Morning Reboot: Monday September 18

Welcome to the Morning Reboot, a new feature here on Monkey Bites. Every morning, we'll be bringing you updates on some of the news of the past 24 hours in the world of software and web services. Here's today's reboot: Warner Music Group will license music videos to YouTube. The video sharing site will calculate […]

Welcome to the Morning Reboot, a new feature here on Monkey Bites. Every morning, we'll be bringing you updates on some of the news of the past 24 hours in the world of software and web services. Here's today's reboot:

  • Warner Music Group will license music videos to YouTube. The video sharing site will calculate the royalties due to Warner artists and the two companies will split the ad revenues. [Associated Press]

  • A new video service is coming from AOL and Intel. AOL Video goes head-to-head with Apple iTV by delivering downlaoded videos to any Windows Media Center PC with Intel Viiv. [TechCrunch: AOL to send movies to your TV]

  • Can't get enough catty gossip and sunset make-out sessions on television? Try it yourself -- on your computer. MTV announces three virtual communitues: Virtual Laguna Beach, a re-make of the reality TV show casted with avatars created by fans, VMTV, a virtual world for club-goers, and LogoWorld, a virtual community for gay culture. [The New York Times: Not in the Real World Anymore]

  • MyNewPlace mashes up apartment rental listings with maps and local search. [GigaOM: Startup du jour]